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Vexillum (Costellaria) vespula H. Turner & Marrow, 2001
416799 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416799)
unaccepted
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marine
Turner, H.; Marrow, M.P. (2001). Five new <i>Vexillum (Costellaria)</i> species from various Indo-Pacific locations and remarks on <i>Vexillum (Costellaria) perrieri</i> (Dautzenberg, 1929) (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae). Novapex (Jodoigne) 2(2): 43-55 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 45, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 45, fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Panglao
type locality contained in Panglao [details]
Etymology The specific name vespula is a Latin feminine substantive (in apposition to generic names) and means 'small wasp'...
Etymology The specific name vespula is a Latin feminine substantive (in apposition to generic names) and means 'small wasp' (deminutivum of vespa), referring to the striking and unique yellow/dark-brown striped colour pattern and to conspicuous insect-like spiral indentations of the shell. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vexillum (Costellaria) vespula H. Turner & Marrow, 2001. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416799 on 2025-09-12
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Turner, H.; Marrow, M.P. (2001). Five new <i>Vexillum (Costellaria)</i> species from various Indo-Pacific locations and remarks on <i>Vexillum (Costellaria) perrieri</i> (Dautzenberg, 1929) (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae). Novapex (Jodoigne) 2(2): 43-55 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 45, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 45, fig. 3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The specific name vespula is a Latin feminine substantive (in apposition to generic names) and means 'small wasp' (deminutivum of vespa), referring to the striking and unique yellow/dark-brown striped colour pattern and to conspicuous insect-like spiral indentations of the shell. [details]
